Do not send in-band control traffic to the controller.

[openvswitch] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 618affdfc6f461fe3a22b582b16017732c2b04d5..3ade549bf638f2180633c9eac0192749e71b517b 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ software listed in the "Base Prerequisites" section above:
       "lsmod | grep bridge"), you must remove it ("rmmod bridge")
       before starting the datapath.
 
+      In kernels prior to 2.6.9, VLAN support (CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) must 
+      be compiled either directly or as a module.  Failure to do this
+      will cause an error on module insertion due to the 
+      "dev_change_flags" symbol being undefined.
+
     - The correct version of GCC for the kernel that you are building
       the module against: